Winter cold tolerance and the geographic range separation of Bromus tectorum and Bromus rubens, two severe invasive species in North America

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3654-3663

  Bykova, Olga ^a   Sage, Rowan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cold acclimation; Freezing tolerance; Global warming; Grasses; Invasive species; Species distribution

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; BIOME; COLD TOLERANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FREEZING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL WARMING; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; RANGE SIZE; SEMIARID REGION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WINTER;

MOJAVE DESERT; UNITED STATES;

BROMUS; BROMUS RUBENS; BROMUS TECTORUM; POACEAE;

EID: 84868207775     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12003     Document Type: Article

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